Teaching Fellow in Physiotherapy

About Us

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments.

The Academic Department of Physiotherapy is situated in the School of Life Course & Population Sciences and comprises an expert team of educators providing excellent research enhanced teaching and learning opportunities that prepare over 250 pre-registration Physiotherapy students effectively for working and leadership in the changing health and social care environment.

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a physiotherapist with a passion for teaching and learning and a track record of excellence in practice. The successful candidate will join the Academic Department of Physiotherapy and work closely with the team that includes expert educators and research active academics with a diverse range of specialist backgrounds. Together the staff deliver two innovative pre-registration Physiotherapy programmes (BSc and MSc) that adopt a blended approach to learning and also contribute to the college -wide interprofessional education programmes. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment and access to training opportunities that will support you to develop your knowledge and expertise and to understand the requirements and opportunities of an academic role in a research active institution.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity to develop your teaching skills using a broad range of approaches and learning technologies including the cutting edge Chantler clinical skills centre. In addition, you will be able to contribute to a range of authentic assessment approaches (that prepare our students to be evidence-based person-focussed practitioners).

This is a part-time post (7 hours per week), and you will be offered an a fixed-term contract until 31/12/2026.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) or MSc (pre-reg) Physiotherapy with current HCPC or other appropriate registration
• Experience of practice-based learning supervision with experience of giving feedback
• Experience of designing and delivering teaching sessions
• Excellent knowledge, practical skill and evidence based clinical reasoning of an area of physiotherapy practice
• Knowledge and/or experience of contemporary healthcare issues within NHS and the wider health and social care environment
• Excellent time management and organisation skills & ability to work under pressure to achieve goals and meet deadlines

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in higher education
• Masters/PhD level qualification and/or relevant post-registration training.
• Teaching qualification

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